"This thing seems to be in good condition. ”

When the steward heard Li Zhen's words, his eyes lit up, and he praised him: "This son, you really have a vision, this is the rose dew made by our firm using the drunken flowers produced on the southern islands. ”

Li Zhen smiled slightly: "Rose dew?"

The steward said: "Look at the suburbs, when the weather is bleak and cold, the dew is frozen in the petals, the grass and trees are ice, and there is no fragrance.

Local women collect it and use it to moisturize their hair and body, and the fragrance will not disappear for months!"

Mu Qingsi was surprised: "The roses we produce over there will have their fragrance disperse in a day or two at most." ”

When Li Zhen heard it, he smiled, but he didn't care about whether the fragrance would disperse or not.

This is indeed the rose dew, which is made of raw materials, which is a kind of rose.

But this kind of thing is not literally condensed by collecting flower petal dew.

The real key to this thing lies in the distillation technique, which can also be said to be a more typical ancient perfume.

This method is also mastered in Li's incense workshop, which is to use platinum as the retort, pick the rose flower steam into water, repeatedly pick and steam, and accumulate it into incense.

Collecting flower petal dew is a more primitive and inefficient practice.

There are often women in the boudoir who do this, which seems romantic and elegant, but in fact, it is ...... It's hard to put into words.

People's hearts often take flower petals as beautiful things, and dew is originally from the sky, falling in the mud, falling on rocks, falling on wasteland, and falling in dung pits, all of which are different, but this is the truth that those who are close to Zhu are red and those who are close to ink are black.

Li Zhen said: "This kind of drunken fragrance is fragrant and strong, although it is stored in a glass bottle and sealed with wax honey, it is still full of aroma, even we can smell it when we stand here, and the raw materials and refining process used are excellent."

I heard you say that this is produced by the trading house itself? Do you have any incense makers here, and please recommend them on your behalf. ”

The steward said: "This is Master Chi's craft, if you want to see him, then it is just a coincidence, because there is an order from above, inventory of incense materials, manpower, and mobilize him from the south of the island." ”

As he spoke, he led the way, and he didn't care about the chores he was busy with before: "You are here, please." ”

So Li Zhen and the others followed to the incense master's residence.

Soon after, the crowd came to a courtyard.

As soon as he stepped into the door, a fragrant fragrance came from inside, and Li Zhen did not see its flowers, but his mind showed a lush scene like a peony in full bloom, gorgeous and unparalleled.

Among the flowers, there seems to be a noble lady wearing a flying treasure bun and wearing a peony-patterned dark flower cloud brocade palace costume with various beauties visiting it.

But this beauty was only an illusion of impression, and when I entered, I immediately found that there was only a short, thin, white-haired old man five feet long, sitting there basking in the sun.

A young man in a single coat laboriously held a stone pestle to pound the petals in the stone mortar, and all kinds of fragrances came out of it.

"You are ......"

Seeing a group of strangers coming in, the young man stopped what he was doing, stood up with some vigilance and asked.

The old man opened his eyes and glanced lazily, but said slowly: "Everyone, you are in the wrong place." ”

"Master Chi, this son is a distinguished guest, you are rude!" The steward was a little annoyed, what kind of attitude is this.

When Master Chi heard this, he was still unmoved.

He is a person who has buried half of his neck in the loess, and he still cares about what is noble or not.

Li Zhen waved his hand, stopped the steward who wanted to say something more, and stepped forward to salute: "Master Chi, I have admired the name for a long time, and I saw the drunken fragrance you made outside, and I know that it is a peer craft, so I have come to ask for advice." ”

"Oh, you're also an incense maker?" Master Chi glanced at him, "I don't dare to ask for advice, I don't sell this recipe." ”

"Hey, what's your attitude......"

Li Zhen waved his hand again: "Master Chi misunderstood, I didn't come here for your methods, I just communicated with you." ”

When Master Chi heard this, he snorted coldly, and he didn't believe it when he thought about it.

Seeing this, Li Ji didn't explain, and a white light appeared in the palm of his hand, and flew into the young man's stone mortar under the surprised eyes of Master Chi and everyone.

I saw that the mana was like a spirit, automatically running in it, and the red slurry condensed by a stream of petal juice was extracted and refined, and after a while, I saw the clear perfume precipitated, and the fragrance was fragrant.

The fragrance of this fragrance is several times stronger than the incense that everyone saw outside before, and what is even more rare is that it is strong, but it is not choking, and the fragrance seems to be able to be automatically diluted in the air, flowing through the mortal nose with just the right amount, smelling fragrant, pleasant.

Master Chi jumped up in shock, his eyes full of shock.

"What kind of magic spell are you, and why are you able to do this?"

Li Zhen laughed: "This is not a magic spell, it is just a simple extraction technique. ”

"Extraction?" Master Chi seems to understand, in his daily practice, he has also thought many times to improve the distillation process and improve the grade of the finished product, and he has already involved this thing.

"However, what you are using is the method of distillation, that is, picking the steam of rose flowers into water, and steaming them again and again, accumulating them into fragrance.

To put it simply, the petals are boiled in boiling water to extract the aroma contained in the juice.

But this technique is like wine, not the water of the petals of the boiler, but the water condensed by steam!

When it is cold and condensed, the fragrant essence will be hidden in the hand, and then collected and refined with a unique secret method.

Its defect lies in the fact that it cannot get rid of the limitation of the source of the aroma itself, and it does not go deep into the fragrance level to be highly purified.

As long as those fragrances do not dissolve in your secret recipe, no matter how much you repeat it, it will only be a waste of effort, and the extraction method we use is to extract this kind of pressing at the physical level to the extreme, going deep into the level of material structure and perfectly removing impurities. ”

Master Chi was stunned: "What's the use of this? ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but look weird.

You are an immortal master, you are powerful.

But what's the use of using supernatural mana to show off skills in front of mortals? Mortals are not as good as immortal masters.

Li Zhen shook his head: "Didn't I just say it? This is not some kind of magic spell, what I just demonstrated is for simplicity, you are like this, when you are steaming, add these things in turn......

In addition to extraction, you can also try solvent replacement and chemical imitation incense methods......

These don't require you to have supernatural powers, you only need to have the corresponding knowledge and materials, and you can master it, which is an incense path that mortals can use......"

As Li Zhen's voice entered the secret, Master Chi gradually showed a shocked look on his face, changed his previous depression, and became shocked and shocked.

"This, this is indeed the law of mortals!"

The skills taught by Li Zhen are just a simple use of some physical and chemical principles to improve the efficiency of distillation and extraction.

This is indeed as he said, it can achieve perfect extraction at the molecular level.

The petals contain fragrance, with the knowledge of the ancients, it may not be understood from the aspect of molecular structure, but it can be called essence, floral essence......

Either way, there is no difference in essence, just that it is separated from the fibers of the petals, moisture, and other non-fragrant things.

This is a conceptual incense, similar to the incense as understood by Lee.

And this method of distillation is to use fire power to transpirate it and extract and refine.

This is the process of simulating the spiritual movement of incense with mundane power.

The selection of various ingredients, the timing of cooking, the tricks, and the techniques of extraction and refining are all hidden secrets.

But Li Zhen is really not modest, he has mastered these in his previous life, after coming to this life, he has devoted himself to research for more than ten years, and his attainments are far better than this Master Chi, and he has enough qualifications to communicate with him before he joined the Xuanxin Peak royal family and became a concubine.

And when he also embarked on the path of cultivation, his cognitive accuracy changed from real to virtual, and after gradually reaching the Great Dao, he was even more complete.

But he did not stop his exploration, but continued to read a wide range of books, increase his knowledge, and then received the teaching of Mrs. You's thousand-year-old experience, and studied various methods and techniques......

Now, even if he loses his magical powers, as well as his talent for smelling incense and knowing people, he is still a grandmaster-level figure in the mortal world, and he can still see at a glance what level this Master Chi is at and what obstacles he is facing.

Therefore, he transmitted the sound and mentioned the point, which immediately made Master Chi suddenly open his mouth and understand many of the tricks and problems in the past.

"I see, I see!"

Master Chi's face was excited, as if he was slightly drunk and excited.

After a while, he gradually calmed down, respectfully bowed to Li Zhen, and said: "Little Lao'er, thank you for mentioning this immortal master, fortunately I heard the immortal sound, and I really benefited a lot from the empowerment of Daigo." ”

Seeing that the other party was calm, Li Zhen smiled slightly, transmitted the voice again, and asked: "Master Chi doesn't have to be polite, I also have some questions I want to ask you, dare to ask what kind of flowers are used here and how to cultivate them?"

Master Chi's body was shocked, and his face showed surprise, but he was immediately relieved.

He shook his head and smiled, a little melancholy and emotional: "You actually saw through it!"

There's nothing wrong with it, it's just to see through.

Li Zhen can see at a glance that although this master Chi's various skills are exquisite and clever, the real key lies in the ability to select materials and plant flowers.

He was more of a skilled gardener than a perfumer, able to grow far more of the flowers that were produced outside.

After careful selection, the raw materials in his hands are inherently of better quality than those ordinary things on the market.

In this way, after distillation and extraction, it will inevitably get twice the result with half the effort.

"To be honest, Xiao Lao'er also accidentally discovered that the flowers produced in a specific season and variety are easier to extract the fragrance dew, and I happen to have some spare money in my hand, plant some flowers and plants, and nourish my mood.

The name I chose was 'Yi Nu', which was taken from the hot land in the south, and its sex was like the enthusiasm of the local Yi Nu, hence the name......"

As the saying goes, there are fewer than a thousand cups of wine for a confidant, and there is no speculation for half a sentence.

When this master Chi meets a fellow practitioner, he is also a former and a gentleman, and tells the secrets he has hidden for half his life.

He was so oblivious that the steward and the shopkeeper, as well as some of the attendants who followed him, began to be surprised to find that the voice gradually faded away.

Li Zhen was in front of him, so he naturally wouldn't let them listen to these other people's secrets easily, so as not to bring any trouble to the old man or his relatives and friends after he left.

All they knew was that Li Zhen and the old man were talking and laughing happily, and soon after, they each let out heartfelt laughter.

"I see, there is such a doorway here!"

Li Zhen was very satisfied, this trip was not in vain.

Although he didn't learn any skills in the distillation process from this pool master, he knew a little more about the selection of fermented liquor and the cultivation of flowers.

In fact, Li Zhen is not good at growing flowers.

He also knows a few things, but he can't help but overwater and fertilize it, or never take care of it when he's too lazy.

Even slowing down seedlings and transplanting all kinds of basic things are done at will, not to mention this kind of delicate effort involving directional cultivation.

But this doesn't bother Li Zhen, he just neglects practice.

Once you have mastered these experience skills, you can immediately find someone else and try them.

Mu Qingsi listened to the conversation between Li Zhen and Master Chi, and naturally was not blocked.

She suddenly asked a key question: "Husband, do you want to try this method of breeding and cultivation like a cat and a tiger?"

Li Zhen said: "Yes, these young girls have also helped me select a lot of incense shop apprentices and incense masters, and I may be able to copy this method by giving it to them."

However, oranges born in Huainan are oranges, and oranges are born in Huaibei, and the climatic conditions here, water and soil can be done, which does not mean that Yuesha Island can also be done.

I can't say it, but we still have to set up the material base here, and only experience and technology can be sorted out and promoted. ”

This matter has to be divided into two, not only to see the incense in front of us, the rose flower dew used by mortals, the perfume industry, but also to see some general methods and methods of improvement.

If you can extend the experience of targeted cultivation to some spiritual plants and exotic flowers, it will be truly valuable.

Mu Qingsi said: "In this case, why bother to seek the near and far, wouldn't it be good to requisition this master?"

Li Zhen nodded, and then began to chat with the master again.

Knowing that Master Chi had children and daughters, and that the family had property, and that the young man in front of him was his young grandson, Li Zhen couldn't help but smile in his chest.

"Master Chi, I want to hire you as the head of the garden, specializing in the directional cultivation things I talked about earlier, I wonder if I intend to turn into a gardener and do some work to tending to flowers and plants?"

Master Chi was a little surprised, and looked at the steward and shopkeeper he knew with a little hesitation.

"This son is a friend of the new owner, and he is also an immortal master, what do you say counts! Master Chi, what are you still doing in a daze, hurry up and agree!" Both of them were anxious for him and hurriedly said.

"Then, little old man, let's try it. ”

Chad promoted, and Master Chi is still a little reserved.

After talking about business, Li Zhen did not leave in a hurry, continued to talk with Master Chi, and visited some distillation tools and incense-making things in the backyard under the leadership of Master Chi.

This is flower food.